Yarm has it’s first specialist beer and drinks shop, with roughly 180 beers, 24 ciders, 70 spirits, 150 wines, 25 whiskeys and 20 liqueurs, a huge 98% of which are not sold in the supermarket, what’s more if they don’t stock something a customer is trying to find they will do their best to source it […]

A little over a week ago Wetherspoons did something I never thought I’d see, they put American canned beer into my local pub, not only my local but every Wetherspoon Pub in the UK. The cans are 3 beers from Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn and I was one of the lucky ones to be sent […]

A couple of nights ago I was lucky enough to be at the launch of their new beer , Longhorn IPA. It’s the second new beer to come out of Purity’s shiny new brewery and it’s their firs foray into the world of keg beer. The launch took part at Bar Du Vin in Birmingham, […]

Hawkshead very kindly sent me 3 of their new smaller batch beers, the IPA didn’t last very long at all and it certainly was a cracker, packed full of big juicy hops and ever so moreish, enough so that I bought a couple of bottles from Open All Hours in Keswick as the Hawkshead online […]

Whilst looking for a new twist on the classic cheese burger I came across a recipe from Heston Blumenthal where he made cheese slices using Dutchy Originals IPA, it intrigued me as I wasn’t sure how to get from a solid lump of cheddar into floppy slices or if it would just be a waste […]

I first met Matt from Truefitt when he was working at Captain Cooks Brewery in Stokesley, he’s since become a good friend and client (we do his branding, labels and pump clips). As a result I’ve never really written that much about his beers on here, apart from the odd mention in my Golden Pints, […]

What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Tavernale. It’s ale brewed in a tavern. It’s also the name of our house beer brewed for us by Wylam brewery. What is your brewery capacity? 9 HTL a week. What is different about your brewery? It’s brewed in the bar which is pretty […]

2013 has been an interesting year for beer, there’s been a lot of really good beer and an awful lot of inconsistent beer, beer that’s been lauded to death and I’ve not enjoyed there’s been some great discussions and some utterly bonkers ones and there’s been a fair bit of bandwagon jumping and circle jerking […]

Badger have launched a competition to find the perfect Badger pie, All they are asking is that the pie recipe is baked in a pie dish, it can be potato topped, macaroni bottom, crumble or lattice, let your pie personality run wild. The competition closes on 24th January 2014 and there will be an awards […]